Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1886 — Page 2

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NEWS CONDENSED.

Concise Record of the Week. EASTERN. The Central Labor Union of New York has issued an address in which the for - mation of a national party is urged. Mayor Grace, of New York, has appointed two women as School Commissioners. Three masked men broke into the house of Matthew C. McKeever, living near Butler, Pa., and, after an hour’s fight, in which Mr. McKeever’s sisters, Margaret and Jane, were terribly injured, succeeded in stealing a bucket containing nearly SIO,OOO, with which they escaped. The east-bound limited express on ilie Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St Louis I tail - road was wrecked by a landslide at Jones’ Ferry, at the outskirts of Pittsburg. Three sleeping-cars were demolished and a number of persons injured, two fatally. New York, Pennsylvania, and other Eastern States were swept by a wind-storm of unusual violence and destructiveness on the 18tli inst In the vicinity of Chambersburg and Lock Haven, Pa., the gale leveled houses and bams, tore up trees by the roots, and imperiled the lives of many persons. The iron smoke-stacks of a paper-mill at Lock Haven were blown down, demolishing another building and burying four men in the ruins. At Wiikesbarre, Pa., roofs were blown off and trees snapped in halves. The Catholic Church at Kingston, Pa., was wrecked, and the steeple of the Methodist Church at Parsons, Pa., was demolished. A carpenter at the latter place was killed by a flying board. The chemical works of John T. Thompson, at Troy, N. Y., were wrecked, causing a loss of $-10,000. Six men were burned by vitriol, and a canalboat captain was blown into the canal and drowned. The storm in Connecticut destroyed a number of large tobacco sheds which contained this year’s crop, and the losses will be heavy. Many buildings were unroofed at Hartford, and chimneys, trees, and fences were blown down, creating a loss of several

thousand dollars. It is reported that twelve barges sunk off Milford, Conn., and that on each barge wore at least two persons. By the explosion of a filter in a salthouse at Syracuse two men were instantly killed and a third was fatally injured. The coke operators of Pittsburg have declined to grant the demands of their employes. A gigantic strike is threatened. At the trial in Now York of Arthur J. McQuade, one of the boodle Aldermen, complete details of the Broadway Railroad bribery were given by ex-Alderman Fullgraff. At an informal meeting held in his office in 1884, by thirteen members of the board, it was stated that #22,000 would be given to each for a franchise, but tire amount was subsequently reduced. Witness received for his vote #IB,OOO at the hands of Mr. Keenan, who had been agreed upon as the disburser. The will of Don Thomas Terry y AdaD, a Cuban planter, was filed in New York. The estato is valued at #00,010,000, and was left to liis twelve children. Henry George was denounced at a socialist meeting in New York on the ground that he now repudiates" their doctrines. Archbishop Corrigan, of New York, has written a pastoral letter, in which ho takes strong ground against Henry George's theories in reference to the ownership of property. On the question of marriages he declares that the contracting parties will hereafter bo required to appear in church and before the altar, except whore both of them aro not Catholics. On the question of burials ho holds that no Catholic can he buried with the church rites except in c.onsoerated ground.

WESTERN.

A Chicago telegram says the Pinkerton police agency in tL» at city is investigating a statement that a lad was employed by two men on a street corner to deliver at the residence of P. D. Armour, the millionaire meat packer, a ten-pound package of wheat flour containing a liboral mixture of strychnine and barytes. At the meeting of the Consolidated Cattle-Growers’ Association in Chicago, reso lutions were adopted urging that the General Government take the most vigorous steps to stamp out pleuro-pneumonia. The Union Pacific has leased the lines of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company. Joseph Hoffman, a tailor in St. Louis, in imitating a sword-swallower, let a caseknife slip down his throat His stomach was opened and the knife removed. A number of business buildings at Joliet, 111., were destroyed by fire. The losses aggregate 10(5,000, with insurance of $26,000. John Arensdorf, Albert Bismark, Henry Sherman, Paul Leader, F. Munchrath, Jr., Sylvester Granda, George Treiber, Henry Peters, and L. Plath have been indicted for conspiracy in the Haddock murder caso at Sioux City, lowa. The dwelling of James Johnson, a farmer living near Landsville, Incl, was burned, Johnson’s two daughters, aged eighteen and twenty, perishing in the flames. A hired man was fatiliy burned, but the rest of the family escaped in their night-clothes. Twenty-one head of cattle among the herds on the Blue River in Nebraska have lately died from what is believed to be rabies, as a mad dog was known to bo in tho pasturage last summer. The famous Duff Opera Company, which created such a furor last season by their capital renditions of “The Mikado” and other light operas, began an engagement at

McVicker’s Theater, Chicago, on Monday, which is to continue for several weeks. The troupe embraces a number of popular artists, including Lillian Russell, Vernona Jarbeau, Zelda Begum, J. H. Ryley, and Harry Hilliard. In the matters of musical ensemble and spectacular effect, the productions are all that could be asked. John S. Phelps, ex-Governor of Missouri, died at St Louis, aged 70. John 8. Pillsbury, Chairman of the Republican committee in Minnesota, has brought suit for SIOO,OOO damages against a Minneapolis paper on account of publications touching the late election. A fire in Cincinnati burned nearly $600,000 worth of clothing in the stores of Mack, Stadler & Co. and Marcus Fechlieimer A Co.

SOUTHERN.

The authorities at Atlanta have licensed thirty-six wine-rooms, as the liquor law permits the sale of domestic wine. Recently organizers of the Knights of Labor have been busy among the sugarcane laborers in Louisiana, and numbers of the field hands have been initiated. One hundred hands on Captain Pharr’s plantation, near Berwick, are on a strike for an increase of wages of fifty per cent, A Baptist church was dedicated at Fairview, Ky., on tho site of the building in which Jell Davis was born. The Rev. Dr. Strickland, of Nashville, delivered the dedication sermon, and Davis was present. An immense crowd was there. After the sermon Davis entered tho pulpit and made a few remarks. He then presented the church a service of solid silver. The church is a handsome brick structure, costing about SIO,OOO. A finely polished slab of violet Tennessee marble set on the wall of the vestibule opposite the memorial window has this inscription in Roman capitals: “Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, was born Juue 3, 1808, on the plat of this church. He made a gift of this lot March 10, 1886, to tho Bethel Baptist Church as a thankoffering to the Lord ”

WASHINGTON.

A. F. Kingsey, of Illinois, principal examiner in the Pension Office at Washington, has resigned after fifteen years of service on account of bad health. A law lias been passed by the Vermont Legislature requiring all hotels and restaurants using oleomargarine for butter to put up large signs notifying the public of the fact. Tlie President has made the following appointments: Consuls—Charles Jones, of Racine, Wis., at Prague; C. T. Grellat, of California, at Algiers; Edmund Johnson, of New Jersey, at Kohl; Alexander C. Jones, of West Virginia, at Chin Xiang. ;.' Pay Director James FultoD, United States navy, to be Chief of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing and Paymaster General United States navy. It is understood that the naval estimates aro $10,(X) >,(XK) less iti amount than last year. Bishop Whipple lias resigned as a member , of the commission to negotiate with certain Indian tribes in the Northwest for the sale to the Government of portions of their reservations. Jared W. Daniels,s<pf Minnesota, is his successor.

The report of the inspector of buildings shows the rapidity with which Washington is growing. In tha last fiscal year 2,104 dwellings were erected, against 1,338 in 1885, and 1,004 in 1884. The long strike last spring in the building trades appaars to have made very little impression on the building. Mrs. Sarah H. Sampson, now receiving a salary of #1,400 as a clerk in the Pension Bureau, has received from President Cleveland a commission as Notary Public for the District of Columbia. During the war slio devotedly nursed sick and wounded soldiers. «TohnT. Carey has been appointed by the President to bo United States Attorney for the Northern District of California. Tlie surrender of Geronimo, according to,Gen. Miles, was an absolute one, and amounted in military law to the same thing as a capture. The Postmaster General reports 53,614 postoffices, of which 2,244 are Presidential. The highest rental paid, #7,500, is iu Brooklyn. There are 181 free-delivery offices. The annual report of the Signal Service Bureau claims that tlio foretelling of the arrival of cold waves lias saved millions of property, as also has the flood warnings. Appropriations aro asked for extending the service.

POLITICAL.

Official returns of the November election from all counties in California, with the semi-official count in San Francisco, give Bartlett (Dem.) a plurality for Governor of 632 over Swift (Rep.). The Republican’s have elected Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Surveyor General, and two Justices of tho Supremo Court Ihe Democrats have elocted Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, and the Clerk and one Justice of the Supreme Court. The Republicans have elected four Congressmen and tho Democrats two. In tho State Senate the Democrats have a majority of twelve, and in the Assembly the Republicans liave a majority of two. A New York dispatch says that unlest the liepubl caus make unexpected gains by future recount i and contests, the Now Jersey Legislature will consist of 41 Democrats, 36 Republicans, and 1 Labor member, and a Democrat will be elected to succeed United States Senator Sewell. So far six recounts have taken place, and tho net result is a gain of one seat for the Democrats. A. A. Ames, Democratic candidate for Governor of Minnesota in the late election, has commenced a contest for tho office. The official footings of the vote for State officers in Indiana at the late election show the eloction of the entire Republican ticket by tho following pluralities: For Lieutenant Governor, It. 8. Robertson, 3,319; Sec-

retary of State, Charles F. Griffin, 3,683; Auditor, Bruce Carr, 3,077; Treasurer, J. A Lemeke, 3,053; Attorney General, L. T. Michener, 3,570; Superintendent of Public Instruct.on, H. M. L&Follette, 9,047; Judge of the Supreme Court, Byron K Elliott, 4,832; Clerk of the Supreme Court, W. T. Noble, 5,534, The total votes cast for Lieutenant Governor were: Republican, 231,922; Democrat, 228,613; Prohibition, 9,185; National, 3,319. The question of who is to be Lieutenant Governor of Indiana will go to the courts. The Secretary of State will refuse to issue a certificate of election to Robertson, which will bring the matter to a head

miscellaneous. The Ontario Parliament has been dissolved New elections will take place Dee. 29l The Vanderbilt party, on a special trip to Chicago, were taken 107 miles on the Canada Southern track in 95 minutes. The flow of Hungarian emigrants to America is increasing. A large contingent is composed of Jews. The week’s business failures in the United States and Canada numbered 242, against 231 the previous week. The gale that swept over the great lakes on the 18th of November was one of the most violent and destructive experienced in years. Numerous wrecks, accompanied by serious loss of human life, are reported, and tho money lo3s to vessel owners Will reach many thousands of dollars. '1 wo tow-barges, tho Monekauneo and Marinette, lumber laden, from Oscoda to Chicago, were wrecked four miles south of Frankfort, Mich., and fourteen lives lost. Every soul who shipped aboard the Menekaunee found a watery grave. One solitary bailor survived the wreck of the Marinette—C. W. Annis, of Port Huron, a sailor on his first trip—who tells a distressing story of the disaster:

At midnight, while abroast of Codington, six miles out, the gale increased to almost a hurricane. The tow broke, and the steamer left us to our fate. The Marinette pitched and rolled terribly, so that we could scarcely keep a foothold. She unshipped her rudder, becoming unmanageable, then sprung a leak and waterlogged. She rolled her deckload off, taking both rails and bulwarks with it. She also rolled her mainmast out, which, in falling, took the foremast and mizzenhead. We were huddled in tho cabin, where we built a temporary floor over tho water. At 2 o'clock p. m. of Thursday the Captain was washed overboard and drowned. Some hours after tin’s we lowered a boat and attempted to reach land, but iu lowering it she sprung a leak, rendering her useless, and wo let her go adrift. At-10 :30 o’clock Thursday night the barge struck the beach broadside and swung head to. We rushed out of tho cabin. Our crew was eight, all told. Borne huddled under the lee of the cabin, clinging to timber-heads I took tho mizzeu rigging, the stewardess, Mary, clinging to me, crying piteously : ‘Save me, oh, save me!’ I helped her up in the shrouds, and she clung with her little white hands while I sought to fasten her. She could not stand the cold, and suddenly gave up her hold and fell down across me, nearly carrying me along. She fell into the boiling sea beneath us. Her daughter Minnie, our pet; never left the cabin, but drowned there. .She was thirteen years old. Clinging to the rigging with me were ‘French John’ and Mr. Cumfrey. Soon the mast fell across the cabin. Wo then clung to the davits on her stern, the sea dashing over us. The others, I think, gradually washed off one after the other. Cumfrey and John tried to reach tho shoro, each taking a plank to buoy him. They were overwhelmed by the heavy sea and went to the bottom. A heavy sea swept over the vessel, carrying me along. I grappled a small piece of deck plank/and after a terrible expelionco was flung upon/ the shore. The crew consisted of eight, al Iff of whom with the exception of myselnio at the bottom of the lake. The Lucerne, a three-masted schooner, ore-laden, from Ash’and to Cleveland, foundered and sunk near Washburn, Wis., in sixteen feet of water. Three sailors were found frozen iu the rigging, and it is supposed that tho men comprising the rest of the crew were drowned The crews of the steambarge Robert Wallace and of her consort, the David Wallace, ashore on Choeolay beach, near Marquette, were rescued by the Houghton life-saving crew. Tho cargoes of both vessels, 104,000 bushels of wheat, are a total loss, but it is believed the craft can be saved. The schooner Unadilia, valued at #15,000, was lost in the Straits of Mackinaw. A number of other disasters to shipping are reported

FOREIGN.

"W liile a number of bailiffs, protected by a strong police force, were trying to carryout an eviction process in County Kerry, Ireland, a mob attacked them and rescued the cattle which had been seized A number ot men were severely wounded George 1 liomas Doo, the famous English engraver, a member of the art societies in several countries, has just died at the age of 83 years. The officers of the Prussian army have appointed a committee to arrange for tho celebration iu January of tin eightieth anniversary of Emperor William’s entry into tin army. Queen Y ictoria xvill lay the foundation of the Imperial Institute iu June. Advices have reached London to the effect that a ship crowded with native laborer.returning from Queensland plantations foundered in the Pacific Ocean, and that 140 lives were lost. Gen. Schellendorf, Prussian War Minister, has resigned Gen. Cipr.vi will assume the war portfolio, Gen. Ivaulbars and all the Kussian Consu.a in Bulgaria and Eastern ltoumelia have withdrawn, leaving Russian subjects to the protect on of French officials. The social condition of the masons, bricklayers, a id working masses g ner.dly ii Paris and London is shown by a correspondent who has made a close study of the question to be wretched in the extreme. Workmen of the French capital are suffering from tho woes of poverty brought about by smali wages aud lack of employment, and the condition of the English workmen is just as discouraging The London Socialists paraded last Sunday., Tho var.ous bodies were headed by bands of music, and banners were carrio bearing incendiary inscript ons. The people at the windows of the Government offices wen hooted at. The sight of the house-guard sentries incensed the mob, which “fairly howled with rage. ” About 53,000 persons, including many criminals, participated in the demonstration.

Wild Hunters.

Everybody knows the old story of the father who taught his sons to be united by showing them a bundle of sticks. Taken together, the sticks could not be broken; but, taken singly, they wei-e snapped in two very quickly. The wild dogs of South Africa, like the bundle of sticks, furnish an example of the value of unity. A single wild dog is not very formidable, but a pack of wild dogs is the dread of every living creature iu the part of Africa where they dwell; and more persevering, savage, and relentless hunters do not exist. The wild dog has keen scent, quick intelligence, great powers of endurance, and great speed; so that however swift may be the animal pursued, it has cause to fear this tireless hunter. Indeed, the wild dog never seems to take into consideration the size, strength or agility of its game. Even the lion, it is said, has learned to dread those small hunters, which seem to have no fear of death, but rush with fierce courage to attack the mighty monarch himself, should he be so unlucky as to become the object of their pursuit. One traveler tells of having witnessed the pursuit and destruction of a large leopard by a pack of wild dogs. Whether or not the dogs had set out with the intention of capturing the leopard, he could not tell. He saw them start up the cat in a low jungle. The leopard made no effort at first to fight off its assailants; but, with a series of prodigious springs, sought shelter in the only refuge the plain afforded—a tree which had partially fallen.

There the hunted beast stood, snarling and growling in a manner that would have frightened off any ordinary foe. The savage dogs, however, never hesitated a moment, but with agile leaps ran up the sloping trunk, and gave instant battle to their furious game. One after another the dogs were hurled back, each stroke of the terrible paw making one foe the less. Yet they continued to throw themselves against the enraged creature until, wearied by the contest and wounded in fifty places, it fell from the tree; when, still struggling, it was quickly torn to pieces. It must not be supposed, however, that the wild dog usually prefers as formidable game as the leopard. A sheep-fold is always an attraction too great jor the wild dog to pass. And now, after calling this tvild hunter a dog, I shall have to say that it is not a dog at all, but is only a sort of cousin to the dog, and really a nearer relative of the hyena, though it so resembles both animals as to have gained the name of hyena dog. Its scientific name is Lycaon Yenaticus; and besides the two common names already mentioned, it lias half a dozen more.

Being neither dog nor hyena, and yet akin to both, it is one of those strange forms of the animal creation which [naturalists call “links.” It has four toes, like the hyena, while it has teeth like the dog’s. Some attempts have been made to tame it, so as to gain the use of its wonderful powei-3 of hunting; but none of these efforts have yet been successful, because of the suspicious nature of the animal. It seems to feel that every offer of kindness or familiarity is a menace to its liberty.— St. Nicholas. According to Wriglit, many of the finer grades of transparent soap sold in England do not contain glycerine, as advertised, but sugar. Sugar seems just as well adapted to making transparent soaps as glycerine. As sugar is admitted into England free of duty, and is lienee very cheap, this application of it becomes possible.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Beeves $4.50 @ 5.25 Hogs 4.25 @ 5.00 Wheat—No 1 White a 5 as .80 No. 2 Red 80 @ .87 Corn—No. 2 ,45 @ .47 Oats—White 33 @ .40 Pork—New Mess 10 50 @II.OJ CHICAGO. Beeves—Choice to Prime Steers 5.00 @ 5.50 Good Shipping 3.75 @ 4.50 Common. 3.00 @ 3.50 Hogs—Shipping Grades 3.50 @ 4.25 Flour—Extra Spring 40) @457 Wheat—No. 2 Red 74 @ .75 Corn—No. 2 30 @ .37 Oats—No. 2 20 @ ,26V Butter—Choice Creamery 25 @ ,27 Fine Dairy 18 @1 .22 Cheese—Full Cream, Cheddar.. .1194® -12)4 Full Cream, new .1214® .1294 Eggs—Fresh YD 1 -.® .20’$ Potatoes—Choice, perbu 38 *® .40 Pork—Mess 9.2; @ 9,75 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—Cash 72 @ .72’$ Corn—No. 2 36 @ .36)6 Oats—No. 2 26 @ 26)6 Rye—No. 1 5 i @ .58 * Pork—Mess 9.25 ®'9.75 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 77 @ .7714 Corn—Cash 38 <g) .38)6 OAT3—No. 2 28 (9 .30 DETROIT. Beep Cattle 4.00 ©5 00 Hogs 3.00 @ 4.25 Sheep 3.75 © 4.75 Wheat—Michigan Red 77 © 77;,. Corn—No. 2 37 @ '.38 Oats—No. 2 White 30 © 32 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 75 4® .76 Corn—Mixed '.33 @ .31 Oats—Mixed .26 as .‘27 Pork—New Mess 975 @10.25 CINCINNATI. Wheat—No. 2 Red 77 @ .77 V, Corn—No. 2 30 ( ® .37 ' Oats—No. 2 28 @ .30 Pork—Mess 9.25 @9.75 Live Hpgs. 4.00 @ 4.50 BUFFALO. Wheat—No. 1 Hard 85 v>© .83)6 Corn—No. 2 42**@ .421,', Cattle—Stockers .' 4.00 @4.2) ' INDIANAPOLIS. Beep Cattle 3.00 & 5.00 Hogs 3.75 @ 4,59 Sheep 2.50 @4.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 75 @ .75 V Corn—No. 2 33 @ .34' Oats 27 @ .28 EAST LIBERTY. Cattle—Best 4.25 @ 4.75 Fair 3.50 @ 4.25 Common 3.23 @3.7.1 Hogs 4.00 («> 4.59 Sheep 3.50 @ 4,25

CHESTER A. ARTHUR.

The Ex-President Passes Away at His Residence in New York City. A Stroke of Cerebral Apoplexythe Immediate Cause of Death. (New York special.] Chester Alan Arthur, ex-President of theUnited States, died suddenly at his residence, 123 Lexington avenue, at 5 a. m. Thursday, Nov. 18. The immediate cause of his death was a stroke of cerebral apoplexy which came in his sleep between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, the result of the bursting of a blood vessel. His death was painless. It was like the slow going-out of a burned-down candle, and for hours before the end came the dving man was unconscious. His son and daughter, his sisters, and Sherman W. Knevals, his former law partner and intimate friend, were at his side when the summons of death came. For many months uen. Arthur had been a very sick man, and although immediately priorto the fatal shock he was apparently brighter'

and more cheerful than usual, his death was not unexpected by his more intimate friends. Fortwo years he had been suffering from a complication of Bright’s disease of the kidnevs and an enfeebled and enlarged heart. It was this latter disorder that weakened his robust constitution and prepared the way for the rupture of the blood-vessel in his brain which caused his death, The beginning of Gen. Arthur's illness dates back to the latter part of his administration at Washington. On leaving the national capital he at once placod himself in the care of Dr. George A. Deters, his old family physician, and every effort within the reach of medical skill was employed to rebuild his disordered system. The treatment did him no apparent good, and it was thought last spring that he had only a few days to live. With the warm summer weather, however, the patient seemed to rally. F.arly in Juno he was removed to a cottage at New London, Conn., and there his health and sjiirits gained perceptibly. On Oct. 1, Gen Arthur returned to this city much benefited by his stay at New London, but it was not long before Dr. Peters saw that his patient was failing, and soon tho President found himself too weak to leave his house. He had his bed moved into the frent room on the second story, and so arranged, with the footboard toward toe windows, that lie could look out and watch the clouds when he did not feel strong enough to move about tho house. Tuesday Gen. Arthur had an encouraging day. His mind was clear and his spirits hopeful. He sat up chatting with friends, and in the evening wrote a number of letters and signed some legal papers. At midnight the nurse looked into his room and found him sleeping quietly. Wednesday morning when the attendant entered the sick man's room he was breathing heavily and was unconscious. Dr. Peters and Dr. Valentino were at once callod, and a hasty examination satisfied them that General Arthur was near his end. He had suffered a, stroke of apoplexy which ruptured a bloodvessel in the brain, causing paralysis, and this in turn produced unconsciousness. Restoratives were applied, and after some hours the dying man regained his mind. He was unable to speak, but when the doctor called his name he pressed his hand faintly, and later he putout his tongue when asked to do so by his physician. The family was then told that the sick man could not live more than a few days at the most, and ihe same messago was sent to General Arthur’s friends. Mrs. McElroy and Mrs. Caw, the ex-President's sisters, and his son, Chester Alan Arthur, Jr., with the daughter Nellie, wore constant in their attendance. At 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon it became evident that death was very near. As Dr. Dr. Peters and Mr. Knevals at this hour entered the apartment of the dying man he seemed to recognize his old friends. He followed them with his eyes and took the doctor’s hand, but his speech failed him. Most of the family gathered in the dying man’s room and sadly watched through the long hours of the night. At midnight Dr. Peters observed that the patient was no longer conscious, and listening for a moment at the sick man’s breast he detected the unmistakable signs of tho approaching end. This he made known to the watchers, and feeling that his friend was beyond the reach of his skill ho left the house and went to his home. From midnight on the dying man lay quiet upon his bed, broathing slowly, but apparently in little pain. Toward early dawn the curtains in tho room were lifted, but tho patient gave few signs of life save the severe and now somewhat painful breathing. Surrogate Rollinscalled the daughter Nellie, and tho son, who bears Gen. Arthur’s own name, ana his two sisters, Mrs. McElroy and Mrs. Caw, with his nephew, Mr. Hasten, to tee bedside of the dying man, and then left the aparttnent overcome with grief. The ex-President continued to sink rapidly, and at 5 o’clock Thursday morning he died. The young daughter of the dead man was overwhelmed with grief. When she was led tothe death couch of her father she wept bitterly, and was led away inconsolable. The Bon, who had been a companion to the father, broke into tears. Chester Alan Arthur, the son of an Irishman named William Arthur, was bom iu Fairfield, Vt., on the sth of October, 1830. After the customary New England schooling he entered Union College in Schenectady in 1856, and was graduated high up on the list four years later. Mr. Arthur supported himself while in college, and served his apprenticeship in tho humble inclosure of a schoolhouse. After two years in a law school, and a brief service as principal of tho North Pownal Academy, in Vermont, Mr. Arthur came to New' York and entered the law firm of Culver, Paisten & Arthur, after which, and until 1805, he was associated with Mr. Henry D. Gardner. The law career of Mr. Arthur includes some notable ■ cases. One of his first cases was the celebrated Lemmon suit. In 1852 Jonathan and Juliet Lemmon, Virginia slaveholders, intending to emigrate to Texas, came to New York to await tho Bailing of a steamer, bringing eight slaves with them. A writ of habeas corpus was obtained from Judge Paine to test the question whether the provisions of the fugitive-slave law were in force in this State. Judge Paine rendered a decision holding that they were not, aud ordered that the Lemmon slaves bo liberated. Henry L. Clinton was one of the counsel for the slaveholders. A howl of rag© went up from the South, and the Virginia Legislature authorized the Attorney General of that State to assist in taking an appeal. William M. Evarts and Chester A. Arthur were employed to represent the people, and they won their case, which then went to the Sufireme Court of the United States. Charles O’Conor here espoused the cause of the slaveholders, but he, too, was beaten by Messrs. Evarts and Arthur, and along step was taken toward the emancipation of the black race. Appearances are deceiving in this world* The nicest man you ever met was a buncosteerer.—Life.